📚Reading Standard
5th Grade Reading: Moving Day
Read a story about a girl moving to a new town and answer questions about how she changes, the theme, and what you can infer.
5th Grade 20 min
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5th Grade · Reading & ELA
5th Grade Reading & ELA Worksheets
Free printable 5th grade reading and ELA worksheets organized by skill. Fifth graders read challenging fiction and nonfiction passages, determine the main idea, make inferences, and support every answer with text evidence. Every 5th grade reading worksheet below includes a clean, low-ink PDF and a complete answer key — ready for homework, review, test prep, or tutoring.
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Skills
Featured Printable PDFs
📚Reading Standard
5th Grade Reading: The First Airplane (Nonfiction)
Read an informational passage about the Wright brothers' first flight and answer main-idea, detail, and inference questions.
5th Grade 20 min
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📚Reading Standard
5th Grade Reading: The Journey of Sea Turtles (Nonfiction)
Read an informational passage about sea turtles and answer main-idea, inference, and author's-purpose questions.
5th Grade 22 min
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✏️Grammar Standard
Commas in Complex Sentences Worksheet
Complex sentences earn commas in three places: after an opening clause, before a conjunction joining two clauses, and around words that interrupt the sentence.
5th Grade 15 min
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📚Reading Standard
Homophones Worksheet Grade 5
Fifth-grade homophones look and sound alike but mean different things. Choose the word that fits the meaning of each sentence.
5th Grade 15 min
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📚Reading Standard
Reading Comprehension: The Recycling Challenge
Read a passage about a class recycling project and answer main-idea and inference questions with text evidence.
5th Grade 20 min
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📚Reading Standard
Reading Comprehension: The Wind Turbine Project
Read an original passage about a student engineering project, then answer questions using text evidence.
5th Grade 20 min
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How teachers use these worksheets
- 📝 Morning work and bell ringers
- 🏠 Homework and at-home practice
- 🔁 Centers and rotations
- 📊 Test review and spiral review
- 🎯 Targeted intervention
- ⚡ Early finishers
Frequently Asked Questions
What reading skills do 5th graders learn?
Fifth grade reading focuses on comprehending complex passages, determining the main idea, making and supporting inferences, and citing text evidence to back up answers.
Are these 5th grade reading worksheets free?
Yes. Every 5th grade reading and ELA worksheet is free to download and print, with no sign-up required, and each includes an answer key.
How can I use these worksheets?
They work well for homework, close reading, centers, and test prep. Each passage asks students to use evidence from the text.
Do the worksheets include answer keys?
Yes — every 5th grade reading and ELA worksheet comes with a complete answer key, with sample answers for open-ended questions.